Robby Benson

Did anyone see him on "The View" today? He looks great. Talked about what he's doing as of late (directing and producing episodic TV, writing books, wrote a musical that got good reviews), the heart condition that almost derailed his career early on, and how he's been married to Karla DeVito (who was in the audience) for 30 years, and that they're still madly in love. Almost made me pay less attention to today's guest co-host--my lover (in my head) Chris Cuomo. Almost.

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reply 24

02/05/2013

I saw him at Pricilla's cofeee in Toluca Lake a few years ago, and he is even better looking in person. And that VOICE.

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reply 2

06/29/2012

His eyes are so crystal blue, and his hair so thick and healthy looking. And the voice is SEXY.

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reply 3

06/29/2012

Still gorgeous!

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reply 4

06/29/2012

Agree with R2, I met him at an after party for something new he'd done for disney's Beauty and the Beast about a year and a half ago. His hair was pretty long and had a lot of grey in it, but he was still gorgeous and even better looking in person.

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reply 5

06/29/2012

I was never impressed with him, but he looks better than he ever did before. Yum.

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reply 6

06/29/2012

When I start getting jowls, I'm going to grow one of those Van Dykes, too.

I still can't pull off long hair.

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reply 7

06/29/2012

I always thought he sounded like a reedy mushmouth in the 70s. I'm surprised people are saying he has a sexy voice now, though I admit I haven't heard him speak since his young adult acting heyday.

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reply 8

06/29/2012

mmmm

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reply 9

06/30/2012

reedy mushmouths are sexy though...

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reply 10

06/30/2012

He's a closeted homosexual too. I guess if you're religious it's a sin to be in the closet. Otherwise you can get up on TV and lie and it's OK

by Anonymous

reply 11

06/30/2012

I heard he's a Jewish boy, yes?

Second, didn't he do the voice of the Beast in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" in 1992?

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reply 12

06/30/2012

Major gay face, even more so than Jewish looks.

But Zac Effron looks Jewish and he's not. But he does not have gay face

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reply 13

06/30/2012

Isn't Zac Efron Jewish on one side?

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reply 14

06/30/2012

Anyone remember the movie "One on One" from the 70's? Loved him and the guy who played his BFF. Annette O'Toole was the girlfriend and music was by Seals and Crofts.

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reply 15

06/30/2012

He doesn't look so hot to me. He had quite the pot belly which that clingey long sleeve T did not conceal.

I know him (a bit). He's a warm, genuine guy. Devoted to his family. Very comfortable among us gays. He is Jewish and a real mensch. You can hear his voice squeak adorably on the OBC recording of THE ROTHSCHILDS.

by Anonymous

reply 19

06/30/2012

[quote]Isn't Zac Efron Jewish on one side?

No his grandfather was a quarter Jewish and since Jews run the line through the mothers, if you're mother's not a Jew you're not. So Zac's grandmother was not Jewish and his grand father was only a quarter Jew.

He's barely a Jew at all.

by Anonymous

reply 20

07/01/2012

So that means William's kid will be the first Jewish ruler of England?

by Anonymous

reply 21

07/01/2012

R15, I loved that guy who played his roommate and inadvertently fucked him up by giving him uppers and downers; loved it when he carried him into the shower.

I don't think that actor worked much after that movie, but he was perfectly cast as that big buddy many want as their college roommate.

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reply 22

07/01/2012

Whoever said Zac Efron's grandfather was "only a quarter Jew"? Zac's grandfather was (is still possibly?) 100% Jewish, the son of Polish Jewish immigrants. So Zac Efron is "25% Jewish" for lack of a better way to put it.

Yes, Robby, who is 100% Jewish himself, does look like Zac. There are a lot of Jews who have or had this look, like Logan Lerman, Tony Curtis, Alden Ehrenreich, etc., who are all fully Jewish, too.

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